DIY Clay Bangles!

5:00 PM

From my recent post, you guys now know I'm a Pinterest addict. While on there I found a great tutorial on how to make your own clay bangles from polymer clay. Next step? I headed to Michael's of course!

What I bought:

polymer clay in different colors

an acrylic finishing glaze

a small paint brush

What I needed:

a bangle bracelet

a cookie sheet covered in crumpled (but smoothed out) aluminum foil

We just used a butter knife to cut the clay. It comes with marks in it.

Roll the clay between your hands to create tubes, any size you want. And intertwine two so it looks like a candy cane and roll them out with the palm of your hand.

Wrap around your guide bangle and smooth out the connecting ends. Bake in the oven on 275 for 20 minutes. And let cool completely before you move them.

This was a fun project for Mikaela and I on a rainy afternoon. Unlike silver, gold, tungsten, copper and other popular jewelry materials this was very easy to work with and relatively cheap. While the polymer clay is no tungsten carbide it definitely seems durable enough to last for awhile. I think it would make a decent ring or necklace pendant if you wanted to take the time to play around with the material!

Wonderful idea! I, like Irene, have a tough time finding bracelets to fit my small wrist. I have thought many times to just make my own. This makes it look so easy. I may really have to try this. Thanks!!!